Monthly Archives: February 2013

Another Cactus Discovered

Most of the prickly pear cactus around us are all the same: Opuntia polycantha. The pads are pretty big, probably 5″ long, and 4″ wide, and the plants themselves can spread out to make big patches. The flowers are yellow.  In the … Continue reading

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Ladybugs Revisited

I started gardening to grow my own organic vegetables. I had read Silent Spring, I was hanging out on the fringes of the back-to-the-land movement, kind of catching the tail end of it in the late 70’s, and I wanted … Continue reading

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